|
Title: Voyager upgrades to allow seawall running in severe weather Post by: grahame on March 12, 2023, 08:54:37 From The MidDevon Advertiser (https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/trains-upgraded-to-run-along-coastal-dawlish-line-600572)
Quote CrossCountry’s Voyager trains have been upgraded to protect them from severe weather conditions, particularly through Dawlish where the line is adjacent to the sea. The company’s trains have been vulnerable to the weather conditions along the coastal route for many years due to the trains’ electrical systems. When high waves came over the sea wall at Dawlish, the Voyager services had to be stopped from running between Exeter and Newton Abbot as their onboard systems could fail. Now a series of extensive modifications have been successfully tested on the Voyagers so the trains can now operate in the same conditions as other trains using the line. Title: Re: Voyager upgrades to allow seawall running in severe weather Post by: TaplowGreen on March 12, 2023, 10:13:44 .....the windows can now be closed.
Title: Re: Voyager upgrades to allow seawall running in severe weather Post by: johnneyw on March 12, 2023, 10:50:37 What puzzles me is what took them so long?
Title: Re: Voyager upgrades to allow seawall running in severe weather Post by: stuving on March 12, 2023, 12:31:33 Quote Now a series of extensive modifications have been successfully tested on the Voyagers so the trains can now operate in the same conditions as other trains using the line. Only as good as that? Title: Re: Voyager upgrades to allow seawall running in severe weather Post by: paul7575 on March 12, 2023, 13:55:58 What puzzles me is what took them so long? Waiting for the expected reduction in wave force due to the rebuilt sea wall being verified, perhaps?Paul Title: Re: Voyager upgrades to allow seawall running in severe weather Post by: TonyK on April 04, 2023, 11:57:38 What puzzles me is what took them so long? Waiting for the expected reduction in wave force due to the rebuilt sea wall being verified, perhaps?Paul Maybe so. Perhaps there was nothing that could be done to protect the trains from the force of the elements prior to said work being done, but now, with renewed faith in our civil engineering prowess, there is a fix. Automatic umbrella over the rheostats and bigger wipers? Title: Re: Voyager upgrades to allow seawall running in severe weather Post by: broadgage on April 04, 2023, 12:28:43 Were the new blue signal aspects not a success ? AFAIK these were to warn Voyagers of the risk of waves in order that "Dawlish protective mode" could be selected, also for IETs.
https://www.dawlishbeach.com/2019/04/dawlish-line-gets-the-blue-signal-to-proceed/#:~:text=The%20addition%20of%20the%20Blue,at%20caution%20until%20Teignmouth%20Station.&text=These%20signals%20have%20been%20trialed,services%20elsewhere%20in%20the%20World. (https://www.dawlishbeach.com/2019/04/dawlish-line-gets-the-blue-signal-to-proceed/#:~:text=The%20addition%20of%20the%20Blue,at%20caution%20until%20Teignmouth%20Station.&text=These%20signals%20have%20been%20trialed,services%20elsewhere%20in%20the%20World.) Title: Re: Voyager upgrades to allow seawall running in severe weather Post by: paul7575 on April 04, 2023, 13:51:40 Were the new blue signal aspects not a success ? AFAIK these were to warn Voyagers of the risk of waves in order that "Dawlish protective mode" could be selected, also for IETs. As used on the coast of Luxembourg, and dated April 1st 2019, if anyone doesn’t notice… ;Dhttps://www.dawlishbeach.com/2019/04/dawlish-line-gets-the-blue-signal-to-proceed/#:~:text=The%20addition%20of%20the%20Blue,at%20caution%20until%20Teignmouth%20Station.&text=These%20signals%20have%20been%20trialed,services%20elsewhere%20in%20the%20World. (https://www.dawlishbeach.com/2019/04/dawlish-line-gets-the-blue-signal-to-proceed/#:~:text=The%20addition%20of%20the%20Blue,at%20caution%20until%20Teignmouth%20Station.&text=These%20signals%20have%20been%20trialed,services%20elsewhere%20in%20the%20World.) Title: Re: Voyager upgrades to allow seawall running in severe weather Post by: readytostart on April 04, 2023, 19:51:23 Were the new blue signal aspects not a success ? AFAIK these were to warn Voyagers of the risk of waves in order that "Dawlish protective mode" could be selected, also for IETs. As used on the coast of Luxembourg, and dated April 1st 2019, if anyone doesn’t notice… ;Dhttps://www.dawlishbeach.com/2019/04/dawlish-line-gets-the-blue-signal-to-proceed/#:~:text=The%20addition%20of%20the%20Blue,at%20caution%20until%20Teignmouth%20Station.&text=These%20signals%20have%20been%20trialed,services%20elsewhere%20in%20the%20World. (https://www.dawlishbeach.com/2019/04/dawlish-line-gets-the-blue-signal-to-proceed/#:~:text=The%20addition%20of%20the%20Blue,at%20caution%20until%20Teignmouth%20Station.&text=These%20signals%20have%20been%20trialed,services%20elsewhere%20in%20the%20World.) Also Network Rail spokesperson Paula Legge! This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |